Professor Maria Francesca Serra is an attorney at law in sports, private and family law, PhD (2010), teaches sports law at the Faculty of Law at the Niccolò Cusano University (Rome, Italy), she is engaged in scientific work at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), lectures on sports ethics. She is the author of two monographs and 40 articles on sports law issues. She is also on the editorial board of the well-known Italian legal scientific journal “Topical Issues of Law”, where she oversees the section on sports law. Professor Serra is a supporter of gender equality in professional sports and the protection of athletes' rights in general. She is an active member of the International Association of Sports Law (IASL, Greece) and the Sport and Recreation Sports Association (SRLA, USA). Professor Serra has participated in international conferences on sports law held in Italy, USA, Russia, Malta, Morocco, Greece and other countries. She is well known in the international sports lawyer’s community.